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What Are You Waiting For? (Nickelback song)

"What Are You Waiting For?" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their eighth studio album, No Fixed Address, and released as the second overall single and lead pop single off the album. The song was released on September 5, 2014 to Australia and other various countries, before being shipped worldwide on September 9, 2014.[2][3] The song impacted US Hot AC radio on September 22, 2014 and US CHR radio on October 21, 2014.[4][5]

"What Are You Waiting For?"
Single by Nickelback
from the album No Fixed Address
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2014
Recorded2014
GenrePop rock[1]
Length3:40
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Jacob Kasher, Gordon "Gordini" Sran
Producer(s)Nickelback, Chris Baseford
Nickelback singles chronology
"Edge of a Revolution"
(2014) 		"What Are You Waiting For?"
(2014) 		"Million Miles an Hour"
(2014)

Music video

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Nickelback announced that they were shooting the music video for the track, along with "Edge of a Revolution", on August 12, 2014 through their social media accounts.[6] Though in an interview with Chad Kroeger on Hard Drive Radio, Chad announced that the music video was being delayed due to the band not agreeing on the storyline for the song. He also stated that the storyline has been reshot numerous times.[7] To hold fans over, Nickelback released the audio video on September 11, 2014[8] and the lyric video for the song through their YouTube Vevo account on September 26, 2014.[9]

Track listing

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  1. "What Are You Waiting For?"
  2. "Edge of a Revolution"

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2014–16) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 40
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[12] 6
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 29
Canada AC (Billboard)[14] 9
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[15] 16
Denmark (Tracklisten)[16] 38
Germany (GfK)[17] 11
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[18] 3
Slovenia (SloTop50)[19] 20
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 7
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[21] 26
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[22] 2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[23] 11

Year-end charts

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Chart (2014) Position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 75

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[25] Gold 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Ref.
Australia September 5, 2014 Digital download Nickelback II Productions, Inc.
(via Republic Records) 		[2]
Worldwide September 9, 2014 [3][26]
United States September 22, 2014 Hot adult contemporary Republic Records [4]
October 21, 2014 Contemporary hit radio [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Renowned for Sound / Album Review: Nickelback – No Fixed Address". The anthemic What Are You Waiting For? follows as the next track and the album's second single, it goes down the pop/rock road Nickelback recently had a knack for on their more recent albums.
  2. ^ a b "What Are You Waiting For? - Single by Nickelback". iTunes Store (AU). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "What Are You Waiting For? - Single Nickelback". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Nickelback". Republic Playbook > Hot AC. Republic Records. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Nickelback "What Are You Waiting For?"". Republic Playbook > CHR. Republic Records. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. ^ @Nickelback (12 August 2014). "On set today for the first of back to back video shoots ...#whatareyouwaitingfor?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Chad Kroeger Interview on Vimeo". vimeo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19.
  8. ^ (Audio
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Nickelback - What Are You Waiting For? (Lyric Video)". YouTube.
  10. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?". Tracklisten. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  17. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  19. ^ "SloTop50 | Slovenian official singles weekly charts" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  22. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  23. ^ "Nickelback Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  24. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2014 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Nickelback; 'What Are You Waiting For?')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  26. ^ "What Are You Waiting For? - Single by Nickelback". iTunes Store (UK). Apple Inc. Retrieved 5 March 2015.


 

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